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" I love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit. "
Paolo Nutini
Fruit
Favorite
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" I've met such amazing people in their 40s, in their 60s, 70s, and they completely bely their age on paper. "
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" Sometimes people don't know what is behind the words they use. But an innocent little remark at school can affect you later in life. "
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" When life hands you melons, eat them. "
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" I can't speak much Italian. I do go down well over there, but it's frustrating because I can't really speak it. Even if I do talk, they can't understand my accent, but I should try to learn it. "
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" It's all a progression towards hopefully one day making a record that can be the definitive you can offer. Some bands come in with that at first, and the great bands never really stray from that. I want to earn my stripes. "
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" Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school. "
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" When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give the record company a sort of ownership of your songs, so you've got to make sure you're getting everything you can out of it now, because if you're not, then who is? "
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" I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans. "
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Learned
Forgotten
" As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding. "
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" The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry. "
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" Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless. "
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" I thought about going onto the first one, Pop Idol. My mum was saying, 'Go on!' But I decided not to. 'The X Factor,' though, doesn't really seem to be a show about musical talent anymore. "
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Go
" I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons. "
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" I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I've been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world. "
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Been
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" Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable! "
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" Music is probably one of the most honest things out there - it's feral. "
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Things
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" When you open your mind up, and you go into a creative state, you can't just switch if off. When you have an idea, a creative impulse, and then you ignore it, it can keep you up when you just want to go to your bed - which is why it's great to have voice recorders on your phone! "
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Great
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Phone
" You walk with a different air if you're wearing something sharp. "
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Different
Sharp
Walk
" The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of the great soul singers because soul is not a genre; it's a feeling. "
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Soul
People
" When I think of Paisley, I think of everything that has shaped my life. "
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" The success was a difficult thing for me to get my head round. When it gets too much, I just have to disappear - to sort my head. "
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Too Much
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" I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation. "
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" When you're waking up every day, and it's all about you, I don't consider that to be a way to live your life if you can help it. I think people who know me know that I find time to enjoy myself and not take life - or myself - too seriously at all. "
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" Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else. "
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Got
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" I only became interested in clothes when I was in my mid-teens. I'd do things like spike my hair and put on a nice shirt, but I'd hardly call myself fashion-conscious. I just don't have the energy. "
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" Maybe it's the way that I do music, but I was never in a cool indie band or hung out with all the cool arty kids when I came to London. "
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Time
I Can